butterfliy list

Eakring Butterfly species list

The area list now stands at 26 species, after the discoveries of Purple Hairstreak and Essex Skipper during July 2003. Three of the list are migrants butterflies.

Further additions are generally unlikely, but the easily overlooked and inconspicuous Dingy Skipper and Grizzled Skipper could occur in future years.

This species list has changed to incorporate the new scientific species names, numbering system and order of species, as used in the Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the British Isles (D. Agassiz, S. Beavan, R. Heckford. 2013).

The old species numbers and numbering system, provided in A Recorder's Log Book or Label List of British Butterflies and Moths (J.D. Bradley and D.S. Fletcher) is no longer used on this list.

Hesperiidae
57.005	1527	Thymelicus lineola Essex Skipper
57.006	1526	Thymelicus sylvestris Small Skipper
57.009	1531	Ochlodes faunus Large Skipper .... Formerly known as Ochlodes sylvanus

Pieridae
58.003	1553	Anthocharis cardamines Orange Tip
58.006	1549	Pieris brassicae Large White
58.007	1550	Pieris rapae Small White
58.008	1551	Pieris napi Green-veined White
58.010	1545	Colias croceus Clouded Yellow
58.013	1546	Gonepteryx rhamni Brimstone

Nymphalidae
59.002	1615	Lasiommata megera Wall
59.003	1614	Pararge aegeria Speckled Wood
59.005	1627	Coenonympha pamphilus Small Heath
59.009	1629	Aphantopus hyperantus Ringlet
59.010	1626	Maniola jurtina Meadow Brown
59.011	1625	Pyronia tithonus Gatekeeper
59.023	1590	Vanessa atalanta Red Admiral
59.024	1591	Vanessa cardui Painted Lady
59.026	1597	Aglais io Peacock .... Formerly known as Inachis io
59.027	1593	Aglais urticae Small Tortoiseshell
59.031	1598	Polygonia c-album Comma

Lycaenidae
61.001	1561	Lycaena phlaeas Small Copper
61.004	1557	Neozephyrus quercus Purple Hairstreak .... Formerly known as Neozephyrus quercus
61.006	1558	Satyrium w-album White-letter Hairstreak
61.012	1580	Celastrina argiolus Holly Blue
61.015	1572	Aricia agestis Brown Argus
61.018	1574	Polyommatus icarus Common Blue
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